Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Today is my dad's birthday. And at 79 he is still "pushin' 80" as he would tell you. I say "still" because according to him, he's been pushin' 80 since he turned 70. I can't wait to hear what he has to say about actually becoming 80!

Anyway, here's to hoping you have an extra special super-duper Happy Birthday!

(P.S. Sorry about using the same balloons from my post the other day - but they were still good so I hated to waste them.)I really wish I could be there to celebrate but tonight I'm out of town on business and trapped in a hotel room instead. But check this out... because they didn't have any regular non-smoking rooms available, they gave me the non-smoking jacuzzi suite for the same rate instead. Now here I am sitting in a 40' room with a hot tub, electric fireplace, king-sized bed and surround-sound stereo system like the Crown Prince of Braganza - AND I'M ALL ALONE!

Go figure.

And speaking of non-smoking... I just got back from the restaurant downstairs where apparently smoking is all the rave! I swear to God all 25 tables in this place were occupied, and at least one person at every table was smoking. Being as how I'm a good 10 miles from the nearest restaurant, I didn't feel like driving to the next county to get dinner. I did, however, manage to find the one table without an ashtray - so apparently that was the non-smoking section. Yum.

And finally, if you look at Surburban Turmoil today, you'll notice that I've nominated Antique Mommy for a "Perfect Post" award. This is a highly coveted honor only bestowed upon the finest bloggery and the blogger who blogged it. I laughed out loud in private over this story of how she had a Mary Tyler Moore kind of day. Er, well - at least how she attempted to have a MTM kind of day. Check it out, you be the judge. Oh, and while you're there, don't forget to check out the rest of her stories as well.

In New Jersey we don't have to worry about the smoking :). To answer your question though....Irma put the Depends on as soon as she noticed Lois was sporting one. Irma loves "peer pressure." Thanks for reading my blog!

waya - Funny story... originally I was bumming because I was wasting a perfectly good suite alone (when I would have much preferred to have had my darling wife with me) and then BOOM! our hotel got hit by lightning!

Two hours later, after the alarms shut down, the fire department finally gave us the "all clear" to go back into our rooms. So my vision of a romantic getaway would have be for not anyway.

but momma - And a happy b-day to MIL as well! Yeah for birthdays!

antique mommy - Thanks for the nomination. I believe I'm running unopposed in this category ;-)

marc - You don't know the irony of your comment. I'm sure it confused the heck out of my mom - since HER NAME IS LOIS! Ha!

wendy - Yes, it was you who first pointed me to Antique Mommy's post - thanks! That's what's so cool about this whole blogsphere. It's like a big giant network of fun stories!

I love this post! I can't wait till my Mum's birthday next month (her name is Lois as well... hmmmm, maybe we're twins?) so that I can celebrate in kind.

And I can't believe that it's 2006 and smoking is still permitted around people eating, anywhere in the world. I'd be gagging - I travel alot for work as well and like to get out of the hotel room, but on that occasion I would have been ordering room service!

Boy, that hotel room sounds fantastic! You know, being alone, you can pretend you are someone famously important and there is no one there to snicker at you when you crown yourself King of France! It's not all bad!

The smoking - Ugh, I live in a state with all non-smoking restaurants. However I'm currently out visiting my parents in AZ and that is NOT the case here. I can't stand it - makes a meal taste like cigarettes!